New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 64 - SCHOOL PERSONNEL - COMPETENCIES FOR LICENSURE
Part 8 - COMPETENCIES FOR ENTRY-LEVEL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS
Section 6.64.8.9 - COMPETENCIES FOR ENTRY-LEVEL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS
Universal Citation: 6 NM Admin Code 6.64.8.9
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. Professionalism (ethics, professional development, and advocacy):
(1) Understands
the ethics and principles of librarianship and leadership in the
profession.
(2) Demonstrates a
nonjudgmental attitude towards patrons and their requests.
(3) Demonstrates an understanding of and
respect for cultural diversity and diverse learning styles.
(4) Preserves confidentiality in interchanges
with patrons.
(5) Ensures that
patrons have full and equitable access to library materials, resources, and
services.
(6) Applies and supports
the principles and procedures of intellectual freedom in providing access for
students to materials and information, and in providing instruction regarding
their use.
(7) Upholds and models
appropriate behavior regarding copyright laws in both use of materials and in
instruction regarding their use.
(8) Demonstrates knowledge of and practices
contemporary self-assessment techniques for personal professional
growth.
(9) Practices self-directed
learning for professional growth to ensure awareness of current trends and
issues.
(10) Demonstrates awareness
of professional organizations and interest in professional
participation.
(11) Advocates and
promotes awareness of, and support for, students' educational and other
informational needs to the school and the larger community.
(12) Includes a wide range of input from
local and school communities in development and evaluation of library
services.
(13) Works
collaboratively and cooperatively with other libraries and agencies serving
students.
B. Communication and collaboration:
(1)
Communicates effectively with students, faculty, staff, administrators,
parents, other colleagues and the general public.
(2) Maintains an effective teaching and
learning climate in the school library media center.
(3) Listens and responds to information
requests in a manner that encourages further patron inquiry.
(4) Demonstrates knowledge of curriculum and
exhibits communication skills necessary for collaborative planning of
curriculum and lessons with teachers.
(5) Develops and implements an effective
public relations program that communicates to the local and educational
community the vital contribution of the school library media program.
(6) Works effectively with the school library
media advisory committee that includes administrators, teachers, students,
parents, and other representatives of the community.
C. Collection development and management:
(1) Applies basic principles of evaluating
and selecting resources to develop and maintain collections that support and
enhance the school's curriculum.
(2) Develops, implements, monitors, and
revises individual school library selection policies, which reflect the
district collection development policy.
(3) Identifies and applies criteria
appropriate for evaluating resources in all formats and for all grade
levels.
(4) Applies appropriate
collection development techniques such as needs analysis, evaluating, selecting
and de-selecting resources.
(5)
Develops collections to support the personal, developmental, vocational,
recreational and cultural needs of patrons to ensure unrestricted access to
information and ideas.
D. Shared instructional leadership:
(1) Serves as a learning facilitator within
the school to support the development of effective strategies for teaching and
learning.
(2) Participates as an
equal partner with faculty in the curriculum development process at school and
district levels.
(3) Anticipates
the need for resources and specific information identified in the curriculum
development process.
(4)
Participates as an equal partner with classroom teachers in designing,
implementing, evaluating, and modifying learning activities, and in assessing
student mastery of these activities.
(5) Cooperatively plans with faculty and
others to ensure that information literacy skills are integrated into the
curriculum.
(6) Promotes
appropriate interdisciplinary learning.
(7) Provides support to staff for teaching
and professional growth.
(8)
Motivates and guides students in appreciating literature.
(9) Plans and implements instruction in the
use and evaluation of resources, with particular focus on information
literacy.
E. Technology information management:
(1) Assists patrons
in the optimal use of evolving technologies.
(2) Applies criteria to determine the
appropriateness of various applications, materials, services, and formats to
support and enhance curricular needs.
(3) Coordinates the use of technology with
administrators, faculty and staff.
(4) Provides technical support and training
on information literacy to administrators, faculty, staff, and
students.
(5) Monitors, assesses,
and employs existing and emerging technologies for possible applications to the
library/instructional program.
F. Organization:
(1) Develops and implements effective
policies and procedures relating to the overall organization and management of
the collection(s), to include selection, acquisitions, cataloging, processing,
accessing, and maintaining materials and equipment.
(2) Coordinates all aspects of the selection
and acquisition processes for print and non-print media.
(3) Provides and maintains bibliographic
records for all media/materials according to standardized classification
systems.
(4) Selects, manages, and
evaluates an integrated, automated library system that maximizes access and
facilitates use of the collection.
(5) Establishes and implements circulation
policies and procedures based on users' needs, to promote access and ensure
confidentiality.
(6) Implements
policies and procedures for ongoing maintenance of equipment and
inventory.
(7) Promotes and expands
information access to collections and databases beyond the school through
resource sharing, on-line networks and links, consortia, and cooperative
agreements such as interlibrary loan, delivery systems.
G. Administration:
(1) Develops, implements, and evaluates
school library media programs which facilitate the achievement of educational
goals, including the management of personnel, resources, and
facilities.
(2) Collaborates with
school personnel and other professionals to develop annual and long-range
goals.
(3) Prepares, justifies, and
administers the school library media program budget.
(4) Develops and disseminates annual plans
and reports to meet program and school goals.
(5) Assigns, instructs, supervises, and
evaluates support staff, volunteers, and student assistants.
(6) Participates in planning, arranging, and
using school library media facilities to support the instructional
program.
(7) Knows and applies
appropriate research principles and findings to improve teaching and
learning.
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